Example sentences of "was [not/n't] [adj] [adv] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hezarfen , in a later passage than his list of Muftis , where he essentially simply follows Katib Celebi , is explicit on the point of separate muftiliks , though perhaps vague on the point of how official they were , saying : Until the end of the reign of Mehmed II there was not all that much glory and renown in the office of Mufti dignity and regard were for the most part dependent upon the person [ who held it ] . |
| 2 | Of course it was not certain either that Zoser had done it or that , if he had done it , he had done it for sectarian reasons . |
| 3 | It was n't all that much help , anyway , as far as tracing the kidnappers was concerned , but it did mean that on that point at least the Nilsen girl was telling the truth . |
| 4 | He must be eighty , because I mean there was n't all that much difference in our ages . |
| 5 | Striped shirt said that the position could undoubtedly be improved , with a judicious mixture of playing safe and maybe doing something a bit interesting with Japan or the Far East but of course unfortunately there was n't all that much room for manoeuvre . |